In my new article on the history of the Free Press Clause, I argue that the freedom of the press was seen near the time of the Framing (and near the time of the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, as well as in between and largely since) as protecting the right to use the press […]
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“The Freedom … of the Press,” from 1791 to 1868 to Now — Freedom for the Press as an Industry, or the Press as a Technology?
That’s the long but descriptive title of my new article, which I’ve finally gotten out the door and to law reviews. Here’s the Introduction, minus most of the footnotes; the full article is here. * * * “[T]he freedom … of the press” specially protects the press as an industry, which is to say newspapers, […]